-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:

I've pointed out already that apparently John is not, so far, filtering out my submissions to the c-punks list.

Correct. It's just a formal way of saying you're unwelcome, really. Shoo.

However I'd like to take exception with the two claims made in the articles cc'd to me so far:

A that only governments can censor;

B that post-factum punishment for "inappropriate" speech is not censorship.

I agree with your objections, probably because you're attacking straw men.

Certainly Disney owned WABC and was within its rights to censor it. Likewise John Gilmore is within his rights to destroy his own credibility and to expose his own hypocricy.

Yes, this gets to my point. Private censorship tells more about the censor than about the censored. In this case, John acted properly, and his credibility has only been enhanced. You are of course free to rant and rave about his hypocrisy, but expecially since you'll always be able to post to the list, at least under a nym (the only thing he's prevented is your reading the list under your own name), you're only proving yourself to be an idiot. - -rich - --- [This message has been signed by an auto-signing service. A valid signature means only that it has been received at the address corresponding to the signature and forwarded.] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Gratis auto-signing service iQBFAwUBMn+0UioZzwIn1bdtAQE+DwF/YHGRdPpQ3JqotsUWw303aYCmKn7d9il1 4sCKaEIMy7NHT1uvRR1DL8oBgZGsVUwH =acPs -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----